We begin here, families breathe ago sigh of relief today after north korea released its last two american prisoners. Kenneth bae on the left and Matthew Miller on the right are both on their way back home. Bae was serving a 15year jail term for alleged antigovernment activities. And miller was sentenced to six years on charges of espionage. Dominic denatale picks up the store from los angeles. Reporter hey there. They should be landing on the west coast sometime tonight. At least thats what we understand at this time. Reassured to that came a few hours ago when kenneth baes daughter announced her father was, quote, in the air and out of north korean air space. Bae is a 46yearold Washington State korean american missionary who spent two years captive by the dprk. Was in urgent need of release. Kenneth bae was not in good physical condition. He had diabetes and high blood pressure. And so clearly a 15year term at hard labor was not going to help him. Indeed, he was actually taken out of
And take a look at this. The reallife joy ride straight out of Ferris Bueller. The valet parker taking this for a sneaky spin. How it was caught on camera, and what you can do to keep your car safe when you turn over the keys. And we do say good morning, america. That was straight out of a scene from Ferris Bueller, seeing it like that. You know, its a Holiday Season, and many people, many families are heading to the movies. They are going to have to think twice because of the fallout from this massive cyberattack. New threat today, threatening to attack theaters playing the interview. Sony saying they dont have to show the movie, some are backing out. Abcs cecilia vega is with the latest. Good morning. Good morning you to. One of the largest theater chains is pulling the plug on the interview. This is hitting sony in the wallet. What was a corporation under siege is now hackers threatening an entire nation. Overnight, sony telling theater owners they do not have to run the interview w
On top of hollywoods world nominations are in. Birdman leading the pack. Reese witherspoon, Bradley Cooper, Michael Keaton all in the running. And good morning, america. They are up early in hollywood this morning. Everyone ready for those Oscar Nominations coming up in just a little bit. You know how we feel about the oscars. Were not the only ones. Take a look at our studio crew. And also our studio. We are ready. They are ready, as well. Look, dressed to the nines. Oh, yeah. Because the countdown is on to hollywoods biggest night. Elegant. Indeed, they are. And then host Neil Patrick Harris getting geared up already, tweeting last night, i really need to finish counting all those ballots. So we have so much to discuss. Thats ahead. But first, were going to get started with the news and that homegrown terrorist. A young man in ohio inspired by isis and planning a major attack on our nations capital. Arrested by the fbi. Abcs Pierre Thomas is in washington with the latest on all that.
A hippo in hot pursuit of a boat on safari exploding out of the water just inches away, on the run from a hungry, hungry hippo. And good morning, america. Boy, that looked like a sub coming out of the water. Welcome back from the big game. What an event it turned out to be. What, Biggest College Football Game ever. Most watched Cable Television show in history. More than 33 million watched that game on espn. Buckeye nation is i dont think theyve cleaned up all the confetti yet there. At at t stadium. You said you loved the stadium too. Oh, my gosh, you were watching the big screen. The big screen is as wide as a Basketball Court is long. Was it hard to decide where to watch . You go in there and doing this. Youre like, i could be at home. But north texas did a great job in hosting that event. Okay to the news. The latest on that terror attack in paris. New claim of responsibility from al qaeda overnight. Abcs brian ross here with all the latest. Good morning, brian. Reporter good morni
Full. And starry morning. The Oscar Nominations are out. Wig stars like Bradley Cooper, Michael Keaton and Reese Witherspoon. Who else made the cut and who didnt . Today thursday, january 15, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Its 7 00 a. M. And the nominations. A lot of big names. Well talk more about that in a second. A big name for our puppy to be named later. Puppy with a purpose. Well find out who you voted for in terms of his name. Lets begin with our top story. Young man from ohio in federal custody accused of plotting an attack on the u. S. Capitol. Nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams has more on this. Pete, good morning to you. Reporter investigators say this 20yearold wanted to carry out his attack at a way of supporting the isis terror group. He talked about his plans to somebody he thought was like minded but who turned out to b